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Avalon International Competition for Composers

Foundation for Modern Music

Avalon International Competition for Composers

Presentation of premieres of international winners by top-tier Houston chamber musicians.

The annual Avalon International Competition for Composers celebrates new, exciting, and highly original contemporary music rooted in the classical tradition by both young and more established composers.

The competition concert showcases the stellar quality of Houston performing artists and ensembles who relish the challenge of learning and presenting works of great difficulty.

Through the competition, the Foundation for Modern Music honors its late artistic director, Robert Avalon (1955 - 2004), who helped develop and initiate several important new projects for the foundation - including this competition for composers.Read more

Benefit Concert for Canadian, TX Wildfire Relief

The Citadelle Art Foundation

Benefit Concert for Canadian, TX Wildfire Relief

Featuring the music of emerging composer Alex Moreno, native of Canadian, TX

Wildfires have burned well more than 1,000,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle this Spring. At one point, the Smokehouse Creek Fire was burning at the rate of 150 football fields a minute. It devastated the small town of Canadian, Texas. People there lost their homes, businesses, ranches, livestock, pets, cars, and livelihoods. The composer, Alex Moreno, is a native of Canadian, Texas. He is a graduating senior at the prestigious Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Alex organized this concert to raise money for the community that has given so much to him. The concert will feature some of Alex‘s original compositions and will include performances by Shepherd School musicians.Read more

Present Nostalgia

Aperio

Present Nostalgia

Halcyon Visions in American Music

APERIO's 2023-2024 concert season continues with Present Nostalgia - Halcyon Visions in American Music - a program exploring musical Americana in works by Aldridge, Bates, Copland, Dett, Ives, and Larsen on Friday, April 5, 7:30 pm at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH). Members of Aperio’s core ensemble are joined by Houston’s own Trio Menil, grand prize winners of the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music competition for this special performance.Read more

Project: Earth

Experience an unforgettable night of music as the Houston Pride Band presents Project: Earth. The next concert in our 2023-2024 season, “An Elemental Journey,” features a performance of "Symphony No. 6: The Blue Marble" by renowned LGBTQ composer Julie Giroux accompanied by mesmerizing multimedia video elements. Get your tickets now and be ready to embark on a musical exploration of our “Blue Marble”.Read more

Brilla Mariachi Featuring Houston Masterworks Chorus and the UH Mariachi Pumas

Houston Masterworks Chorus

Brilla Mariachi Featuring Houston Masterworks Chorus and the UH Mariachi Pumas

Dr. Paulo Gomes and the Houston Masterworks Chorus in partnership with University of Houston Director, Jose Chabelo Longoria and the UH Mariachi Pumas.

Brilla Mariachi! A sonic journey celebrating cultural diversity, artistic innovation, and the power of music to unite us all.

Join us for the world premiere of Cancion Del Amor Lejano composed by Ily Maniano and arranged by Jose Chabelo Longoria. Our groundbreaking musical composition fuses the excellence of the Houston Masterworks Chorus with the soul-stirring sounds of mariachi.Read more

Encores

International Voices Houston

Encores

25th Anniversary Season

Houston’s premiere multicultural choir presents an engaging program celebrating 25 seasons of powerful vocal music. Reflecting on its legacy of performing songs from a broad spectrum of cultures and languages, International Voices Houston brings back several memorable favorites from over the years, while also looking forward with some exciting new compositions. This choral program features music in several languages, including: English, Korean, Spanish, Bosnian, French, Japanese, Arabic, Swahili, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Akan, and Maori. International Voices Houston also welcomes several guest musicians to the stage, including Ingrid Gerling, Jeff Gleason, Julian Hernandez, Jesús Pacheco, Daniel Saenz, Loyce Washington, and more.Read more

At Play

Join the dance with this toe-tapping program! The artist-led, artist-curated Kinetic Ensemble closes its season by exploring the role of ‘play’ within the ensemble. Collaborating with Lydia Hance at Frame Dance and featuring smaller ensembles within Kinetic, the program invites an interplay between music and dance, culminating in a celebration of optimism and togetherness.Read more

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